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Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
Etymology: Channallabes: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy + Greek, allabes, -etos = a fish of the Nile, a kind of lamprey (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: Ivindo River in Gabon (Ref. 58516, 81644) and the Mabelle River (Ref. 42020)(Mbini tributary) in Equatorial Guinea.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 58516)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 98 - 116; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 75 - 105; Vértebra: 84 - 91. Diagnosis: large, well pronounced supraorbital process present on infraorbital IV, reaching rostral border of eye; fenestra between scapulo-coracoid and cleithrum present; no contact between entopterygoid and quadrate; pale spot present on skull roof between anterior and posterior fontanel; low number of dorsal (98-116) and anal (75-105) fin rays (Ref. 81644). Clear serrations on both sides of pectoral spine (Ref. 58516, 81644).
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Maximum total length recorded 323mm (Ref. 81644).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Devaere, S., D. Adriaens and W. Verraes, 2007. Survey of the anguilliform Clariidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes) of Gabon and Republic of Congo, with description of two new species and key to the African clariid genera. Belg. J. Zool. 137(1):99-109. (Ref. 58516)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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